By William Opalka BOSTON — New England stakeholders are considering a future market design that could include a price on carbon and a two-tiered capacity market to accommodate state clean energy procurement. Gordon © RTO Insider Raab Associates’ 151st New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable on Friday discussed the New England...

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — ISO-NE planners last week outlined the scope of a needs analysis that will determine whether the RTO will approve transmission upgrades to accommodate wind development in the Keene Road area in Maine. An economic study found that the area could qualify for market efficiency transmission upgrades (METUs)...

By William Opalka A proposed Rhode Island power plant has lost its planned cooling water source, and its developers are asking state siting officials for another month to secure a new one. Invenergy said the Pascoag Utility District, which had signed a letter of intent to provide water to the...

By William Opalka Maine regulators last week proposed a 15-year phase-out of net metering for current rooftop solar systems and a 10-year limit for new systems. The proposal came as a part of a rulemaking process that the Maine Public Utilities Commission hopes to complete by the end of the...

By William Opalka and Rory Sweeney The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative reported another lackluster carbon allowance auction last week, bolstering calls by Massachusetts and others for more aggressive cuts in the compact’s emission caps. But as the program conducts its triennial review of how it should operate in 2020 and...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. WASHINGTON — A public interest group and Connecticut officials asked a federal appellate court Tuesday to force FERC to rule on the legality of ISO-NE’s eighth Forward Capacity Auction, saying the commission abdicated its responsibility by refusing to take action. In September 2014, the commission split...

By William Opalka The New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) is considering redesigning its market rules to align them with the region’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the generation sector. Gordon Source: PSEG The first of six scheduled stakeholder meetings on the Integrating Markets and Public Policy (IMAPP) process was...

By William Opalka FERC on Wednesday rejected Algonquin Gas Transmission’s request to exempt gas-fired generators from competitive bidding under capacity release rules, another blow to those seeking to increase New England’s gas infrastructure (RP16-618). Photo credit: Steve Oehlenschlager The proposal to amend Algonquin’s tariff was an offshoot of the company’s...

By William Opalka Eversource Energy and National Grid have withdrawn their requests to bill electric ratepayers for natural gas capacity from the proposed Access Northeast pipeline project, bowing to a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The filings made Monday for their four electric distribution companies followed the court’s...

By William Opalka WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — ISO-NE last week presented the five scenarios it will evaluate in its 2016 Economic Study, which envisions continued reliance on natural gas, renewables, energy efficiency and demand response. The RTO is in the early stages of Phase I of the two-phase study, which will...